WorksheetsThe Brain & Behaviour 1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
I learned how to do a double-back flip off a diving board when I was 15. I have not practiced this skill in 40 years. What has most likely happened to my brain as a result?
synaptic pruning
long-term potentiation
lesioning
dendritic branching
When there is the repeated firing of neurons over time, this creates a stronger connection. What is this repeated firing called?
synaptic pruning
long-term potentiation
lesioning
dendritic branching
The repeated firing of neurons leads to genetic expression and the increase of what type of cells in the brain?
synaptic pruning
grey matter
dendrites
white matter
After a person is blinded in one eye, the part of the brain associated with processing input from that eye doesn’t simply sit idle; it takes on new functions, perhaps processing visual input from the remaining eye or doing something else entirely. What is this process called?
synaptic pruning
grey matter
dendrites
cortical remapping
Which is the odd one out in Maguire (2000)?
correlational
MRI
voxel-based morphometry
mid-temporal area
Which is the odd one out in Draganski (2004)?
correlational
MRI
voxel-based morphometry
mid-temporal area
Which was stronger in Draganski's (2004) study - internal or ecological validity?
internal validity
ecological validity
HM had a lobotomy. Which lobe of the brain was actually partially removed?
medial temporal lobe
frontal cortext
posterior hippocampus
amygdala
What did Milner determine was the function of the hippocampus?
transfer of STM to LTM
transfer of LTM to STM
spatial mapping
cortical mapping
In an SAQ, when it comes to a technique used to study the brain...
...you just need to explain the name of the technique.
...you need to explain the details of how it works.
...you just need to explain what the letters stand for.
The idea that specific parts of the brain perform particular functions is known as...
(a)
The idea that the brain can change in response to its environment is...
(a)
The idea that all areas of the brain are equally active in overall mental functioning.
equipotential theory
localisation
neuroplasticity
cortical mapping
'synaptic pruning' and 'neural pruning' are the same thing
true
false
